Election Commission
- India
Bihar polls: Election Commission to meet political parties on Saturday
New Delhi: In a key step towards ensuring smooth conduct of the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a crucial meeting with representatives of various political…
- India
Kerala Assembly passes unanimous resolution against SIR
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s move to carry out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list in the state and…
- Telangana
Telangana rural local body elections to be held in five phases in Oct-Nov
Hyderabad: Elections to rural local bodies in Telangana will be held in five phases in October-November, the State Election Commission announced on Monday. Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs), Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies…
- Hyderabad
BJP won 8 MP seats in Telangana through ‘vote chori’: Congress
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud alleged that the BJP secured 8 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana through ‘vote chori’, and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi managed to…
- India
Poll preparedness: EC likely to visit Bihar in first week of October
New Delhi: The Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is likely to visit Patna in the first week of October to take stock of poll preparedness in Bihar. The…
- India
BJP has ‘mentally retired’ Nitish Kumar: Kharge
Patna: Setting the tone for the Bihar poll campaign, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP has “mentally retired” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and considers him to be a “liability”,…
- Kashmir
Rajya Sabha polls for 4 J-K seats on Oct 24: EC
New Delhi: Biennial elections to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, which have been lying vacant since 2021, will be held on October 24, the Election Commission said on…
- India
SIR disruptive, may trigger mass disenfranchisement: Dipankar Bhattacharya
Kolkata: CPI(ML) Liberation, a constituent of the Grand Alliance in Bihar, described the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists as a “complete departure” from India’s electoral traditions, and claimed that…
- Telangana
Telangana Congress plans massive ‘Vote Chori’ signature drive
Hyderabad: AICC Congress in-charge for Telangana, Meenakshi Natarajan, has called upon party cadres to take the ongoing campaign against “vote chori” with utmost seriousness. She instructed leaders to collect lakhs of signatures…
- India
EC derecognises 474 parties, 26 from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has cancelled the registration of 474 registered but unrecognised political parties across the country for failing to contest elections or secure recognition in recent years. Among…
- World
Bangladesh Election Commission bars deposed PM Hasina from voting
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said it has “locked” the national identity cards of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, effectively barring her from voting in the general elections scheduled for…
- India
EC should have ordered probe instead of ‘shouting’ at Rahul: Ex-CEC
New Delhi: Coming down hard on the Election Commission for its response on “vote theft” allegations, former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Sunday said the poll body should have ordered…
- India
Kharge accuses EC of stonewalling crucial information in Karnataka ‘voter fraud’ matter
New Delhi: The Congress Sunday said the Election Commission must ensure full transparency and stop acting like an “agent of the BJP”, as party chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused the poll body of…
- India
Plea in SC seeks direction for EC to frame rules regulating political parties
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission to frame rules for registration and regulation of political parties to promote secularism, transparency…
- India
EC to issue new voter cards for all Bihar voters post SIR
New Delhi: The Election Commission plans to issue new voter identity cards to all electors of Bihar after the completion of the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state,…